Politicians sucking hard in our living rooms
The week in Australian federal politics was headlined by the triumphant return of ‘Bad’ Malcolm Turnbull. Australians had become accustomed to the pinkie-extended punctilios …
Malcolm Turnbull’s ticking clock — Newspoll noose around PM’s neck
Another year, another polly on the ropes over expense claims. Sussan Ley has been on the receiving end of a media pommeling and the …
No point in saving for your retirement
That great sector of the Australian community, retirees, is being set upon again by government. The issue has passed barely noticed in the media …
Green Army hits a snag
Canberra is a huge sausage-making machine and, as they say, no one would want to eat a sausage after seeing how it’s made. Last …
Hinch shows damage of good intentions mired in egomania
Much has been made of the Turnbull government’s successes in the last week of sitting in the federal parliament. Malcolm Turnbull is crowing but …
Sugar, sugar everywhere so let’s all have a drink
The long, soul-destroying national debate has begun. Should the Commonwealth find yet another way of pick-pocketing the citizenry by taxing sugar? Predictably the Greens …
The Contrabulous Phantasmagorica of Senator Rodney Culleton
I’m going to miss Rodney Culleton. He has painted a vision of a libertarian Australia where our laws and indeed our entire legal system …